NJ Transit bus driver indicted in fatal accident

PATERSON (AP) — A veteran New Jersey Transit bus driver who allegedly struck and killed a man in Passaic while driving recklessly last year has been indicted on a vehicular homicide charge.

Catherine Collier of Passaic is due to be arraigned Feb. 25. The 65-year-old driver, who has maintained her innocence, remains free on $50,000 bail.

The charge handed up Friday by a Passaic County grand jury stems from a Sept. 27 accident in Passaic that killed 49-year-old Joseph Currier. He had just gotten off Collier’s bus and was struck in a crosswalk after she allegedly ran a red light.

Collier faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. She worked for NJ Transit for 25 years, but has not driven a bus for the agency since her arrest.